The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
Daniel Wirls 4.0 out of 5 stars Second to Goodman’s More Recent Book, Useful Nuggets but Overlooks Key Critics, March 1, 2013 I bought this book after reading — and rating at 5 stars — Mel Goodman’s new book, National Insecurity: The Cost of American Militarism (Open Media). That is the better and more relevant …
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FA is normally pap but this one stands out. Generation Kill: A Conversation with (General) Stanley McChrystal Foreign Affairs, March/April 2013 Read full article online (requires registration) FA: What lessons did you learn in your Iraq and Afghanistan tours? SM: In Iraq, when we first started, the question was, “Where is the enemy?” That was …
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When Misbehavior Can Be Good for Society, August 13, 2008
“The Terror Courts”: An Inside Look at Rough Justice, Torture at Guantánamo Bay Wall Street Journal journalist Jess Bravin reports on the controversial military commissions at Guantánamo. Describing it as “the most important legal story in decades,” Bravin uncovers how the Bush administration quickly drew up an alternative legal system to try men captured abroad …
Worth a look. AP PDF providing English translation and original Arab documents. Forensics on the handwriting, paper, and ink has not been done.
Ervand Abrahamian 5.0 out of 5 stars We NEED Deep History to Counter-Act Criminal Insanity Within Our Elite, February 17, 2013 This book could not have come out at a better time, as the neo-conservatives continue to try to inspire confrontation with Iran, using the same methods that Dick Cheney used — in his case …
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For the record. Bloomberg Businessweek, February 18, 2013, Pg. 29 Charlie Rose Talks To Dick Cheney ‘The damage we’re doing to the Defense Department is enormous’ By Charlie Rose Someone said to me that, since you received your heart transplant last year, you’re a new man. That you’re mellow, less strident. Is this true? My …
